The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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Hidden hunger at Harvest House

The Movement for Democratic Change was put in a fix when more than 2 400 displaced persons, including 471 children, camped at its headquarters at Harvest House after fleeing from the violence in the run-up to the presidential elections run-off of 2008.

The party, which had been able to provide the displaced person with two meals a day when they were still about 500, had reduced the meals to one a day and was running out of food.

Although party leader Morgan Tsvangirai had set up a Victims Assistance Fund, the money had not yet been channelled into the country from the donations made abroad.

The party was thinking of sending back some 300 back to their homes but most of the displaced persons were concerned that they would have nowhere to live if they returned.

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.